Moe and E.T. have made a name for themselves by posting videos of their pranks on people at New York housing projects. The brothers say they are being entertaining; critics say they are being exploitive.

Bart Chilton, the commissioner of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, wants stronger financial regulations. He also loves movies. On Thursday, he combined those two things into the best financial reform speech ever.
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These audition tapes from TV and movies show that first impressions do matter, and thank heavens they were such good ones. From “Star Wars” to “E.T.” to “Harry Potter,” how could it have been anyone else?

76-year-old Margaret Wells of Old Portsmouth, Hampshire, was robbed of her prized possession back in September — the life-size replica of the Extra Terrestrial that her daughter made from scratch years ago. Luckily, authorities recently discovered the thing as “it rolled up on the beach and gave somebody a bit of a fright,” one Coastguard spokesperson said.